President Obama held a press conference this afternoon in Krün, Germany, where world leaders have gathered for the G7 summit.

Besides briefly addressing some of the topics from the G7 summit agenda and championing recent domestic job growth numbers, the president addressed the possibility of more sanctions against Russia over actions in Ukraine, the current fight against ISIS, the FIFA corruption scandal, immigration and even health care reform — a real grab bag of commentary on his domestic and international policies.

Noticeably absent from the Q & A portion was any significant discussion of climate change initiatives which made up a good chunk of the G7 agenda. He also made a brief mention of Greece, saying, "We support efforts to find a path that enables Greece to carry out key reforms and return to growth within a strong, stable, and growing Euro zone.”

Sanctions against Russia

On the ongoing conflict in the Ukraine, President Obama said that current sanctions against Russian would remain in place and that additional sanctions were possible.

He later added those additional sanctions were being discussed at the initial "technical" level, but had not yet moved to the "political" stage. He also criticized Putin's action, placing the blame for Russia's recent economic woes on the Russian president's "wrongheaded desire to relive the glories of the Soviet empire."

“The #G7 remains strongly united in support for Ukraine… we stand ready to impose additional significant sanctions against Russia” - @POTUS

ISIS

On the fight against ISIS, Obama admitted that, "We do not yet have a complete strategy" in terms of training Iraqi forces and stressed the importance of more commitment from Iraq. He also stressed the importance of speed of training Iraqi troops and stemming the flow of foreign fighters as two important strategies going forward.

The recent OPM hacking

With regards to last week's revelation of the OPM hacking, Obama stopped short of placing blame on anyone from any one country but said the incident exposed vulnerabilities that were known and pushed Congress to pass important cybersecurity laws to strengthen the defense against future attacks.

FIFA

Asked about the ongoing FIFA corruption scandal, Obama said he could "not comment on a pending case by our attorney general." He did add, though, that he saw the importance of the investigation, saying, "it’s very important for FIFA to be able to operate with integrity and transparency and accountability" and that he hoped for such accountability in a sport in which the American teams continue to improve on the international stage.

Obama notes US is getting "better and better" at each World Cup and wants #Fifa and global football to be "conducted in an upright manner"

Immigration

On the topic of immigration and the fight to institute his executive orders, Obama said he was "frustrated" by the recent district court ruling that blocked the orders, and that the White House would continue to be as "aggressive as we can, legally" in fighting for the orders.

Obama on his immigration executive actions: "I'm absolutely convinced this is well within my legal authority."

Health Care reform

The president also showed frustration on this domestic issue, as well, specifically towards the Supreme Court and the high court's decision to take up King v Burwell. Citing the statistic that "16 million" people have acquired health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act, Obama exclaimed, "the thing works!" He added wryly, "the 'horrors of Obamacare' ... haven't come to pass."

BREAKING: Obama: Supreme Court probably shouldn't even have taken up health care law challenge.

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